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This Phase II effort continues development of Volume Independent Analytics for Discovery of Unseen Correlations via Tensors (VIADUCT). VIADUCT leverages recent advances in tensor decompositions as a form of unsupervised discovery and the proliferation of open source Big Data tools to address the lack of advanced analytics available to Air Force Activity Based Intelligence (ABI) analysts. This effo ...

GS Engineering was awarded a Phase I SBIR to develop a single hose-end nozzle solution which is capable of switching between UHP and standard LP streams utilizing the input from the P-34 Rapid Intervention Vehicle.This allows a firefighter to choose the appropriate firefighting stream on the fly as the situation demands.GS Engineering succeeded in developing such a device and has proven the feasib ...

Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) can provide electronic system designs with a high degree of relatively inexpensive customization. Unfortunately, the fabrication facilities are located in untrusted facilities. This prevents their use in applications requiring a high degree of safety or security. Hidden functionality could potentially be inserted during manufacture. These Trojans can be used ...

The Corrosion Rate Enabled Wash Cycle Updating Technique (CREWCUT) is designed to provide a conditioned-based approach to optimize aircraft and support equipment washing cycle practices, which are currently time-based. It is proposed as an enterprise information system that will automatically extract asset usage (e.g., aircraft flight and deployment history), correlate it to data representing the ...

This project will develop and demonstrate a rechargeable Energy Storage System (ESS) that will interface directly into an adjustable frequency drive controlling a 100 HP 460 VAC 3 phase induction motor. The ESS must store enough energy to supply the existing motor/motor drive as it lifts and lowers a 14,000-lb. weight 180 3 times in succession. The ESS must integrate directly into an existing syst ...

A prototype handheld time-domain terahertz reflection sensor for measuring and mapping the thickness ofthermal barrier coatings (TBCs) applied to high temperature exhaust components will be built and tested.The prototype will consist of a Class I Div. 2 certified handheld sensor connected with a lightweight umbilical to the THz control unit.All typical operator functions will be able to be perform ...

Large Volume Motion Imagery (LVMI) is currently collected in areas of US military operations to provide data for analysis of patterns of life and for forensic analysis of human activity in the form of vehicular track. The process for analyzing LVMI data is primarily a manual one, but the volume of data collected by LVMI sensors has far exceeded the ability of analysts to completely process; typica ...

In Phase I we demonstrated implementation of simplified but reasonable physical models for mechanics, transport, damage/failure and multiphase chemical reactions for selected reactive structural materials (RSMs) in a multiscale simulation framework, allowing for the prediction of the behavior of RSMs and RSM-based devices under a range of loading conditions.Phase II efforts will concentrate on ide ...

A terahertz guided cutting tool will be built and tested.An initial brass board prototype will be built based on a commercial off the shelf (COTS) THz specialty coating thickness measurement system with handheld probe TeraMetrix has developed.This will be adaptable to both non-metallic straight blades and a metallic circular cutter.This system will be tested with various coupons to ensure cutting ...

Next generation munition systems must be capable of operating in and mitigating a multitude of threats. These threats include intentional enemy electromagnetic countermeasures in contested environments, electromagnetic interference form a congested spectrum, as well as environmental threats (such as adverse weather) and even solar weather events and cosmic radiation. As diverse as these threats ar ...